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> Still, last week’s news raises the question of what will happen to the company’s other clinical laboratory in Scottsdale, Arizona, at which 90 percent of the

by smaili 10y ago

> Still, last week’s news raises the question of what will happen to the company’s other clinical laboratory in Scottsdale, Arizona, at which 90 percent of the company’s tests are processed. So far, that lab has passed regulatory muster, and the company said it will remain open for now. I find it interesting that their Arizona lab passed...would this imply they do indeed have a legitimate product?

FussyZeus 10y ago
I read at numerous points that they were using the older machines they were supposed to be "disrupting" the industry away from to perform tests, perhaps the Arizona lab is where they have those kept? Either that or the Arizona regulations are just a little looser.
- jlarocco 10y ago
  > Either that or the Arizona regulations are just a little looser. Arizona is still in the United States, so it has the same federal regulations ;-) Who knows, though, maybe they were just busy with the smaller lab and haven't got to Arizona yet.
  - FussyZeus 10y ago
    That's entirely possible. My instinct would be to say that California would have more strict regulation but we could also be dealing entirely in federal.
    - HeyLaughingBoy 10y ago
      "We" are. FDA is the relevant regulatory body.
- rgbrenner 10y ago
  Your first thought was the correct one. This from last year: Theranos halted the use of its finger-stick draws, collected in a small tube called a nanotainer, after the FDA declared the container was a medical device that should be regulated. That decision did not affect the company's Scottsdale lab, which exclusively uses FDA-approved blood analyzers and instruments made by companies such as Siemens and Olympus. http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/consumers/2015/11/27/arizona-inspectors-find-theranos-lab-issues/76021416/ http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/consumers/2015...
apathy 10y ago
No, it implies that Siemens sold them a legitimate product.

by smaili 10y ago

FussyZeus 10y ago

I read at numerous points that they were using the older machines they were supposed to be "disrupting" the industry away from to perform tests, perhaps the Arizona lab is where they have those kept? Either that or the Arizona regulations are just a little looser.

jlarocco 10y ago
> Either that or the Arizona regulations are just a little looser. Arizona is still in the United States, so it has the same federal regulations ;-) Who knows, though, maybe they were just busy with the smaller lab and haven't got to Arizona yet.
- FussyZeus 10y ago
  That's entirely possible. My instinct would be to say that California would have more strict regulation but we could also be dealing entirely in federal.
  - HeyLaughingBoy 10y ago
    "We" are. FDA is the relevant regulatory body.
rgbrenner 10y ago
Your first thought was the correct one. This from last year: Theranos halted the use of its finger-stick draws, collected in a small tube called a nanotainer, after the FDA declared the container was a medical device that should be regulated. That decision did not affect the company's Scottsdale lab, which exclusively uses FDA-approved blood analyzers and instruments made by companies such as Siemens and Olympus. http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/consumers/2015/11/27/arizona-inspectors-find-theranos-lab-issues/76021416/ http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/consumers/2015...

apathy 10y ago

No, it implies that Siemens sold them a legitimate product.